diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProvider.java b/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProvider.java
index cbe49f8c799..9bfd5460efa 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProvider.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public interface SearchFeatureProvider {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException when caller is null
      * @throws SecurityException        when caller is not allowed to launch search result page
      */
-    void verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(Context context, @NonNull ComponentName caller)
+    void verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull String callerPackage)
             throws SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException;
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProviderImpl.java b/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProviderImpl.java
index 78c47edf046..262f220f8ab 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProviderImpl.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProviderImpl.java
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 
 package com.android.settings.search;
 
-import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 
+import android.annotation.NonNull;
+
 import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.android.settings.overlay.FeatureFactory;
 import com.android.settings.search.indexing.IndexData;
@@ -32,24 +33,21 @@ import java.util.Locale;
  */
 public class SearchFeatureProviderImpl implements SearchFeatureProvider {
 
-    private static final String TAG = "SearchFeatureProvider";
-
     private static final String METRICS_ACTION_SETTINGS_INDEX = "search_synchronous_indexing";
     private DatabaseIndexingManager mDatabaseIndexingManager;
     private SearchIndexableResources mSearchIndexableResources;
 
     @Override
-    public void verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(Context context, ComponentName caller) {
-        if (caller == null) {
+    public void verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(@NonNull Context context,
+            @NonNull String callerPackage) {
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(callerPackage)) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("ExternalSettingsTrampoline intents "
                     + "must be called with startActivityForResult");
         }
-        final String packageName = caller.getPackageName();
-        final boolean isSettingsPackage = TextUtils.equals(packageName, context.getPackageName())
-                || TextUtils.equals(getSettingsIntelligencePkgName(), packageName);
-        final boolean isWhitelistedPackage =
-                isSignatureWhitelisted(context, caller.getPackageName());
-        if (isSettingsPackage || isWhitelistedPackage) {
+        final boolean isSettingsPackage = TextUtils.equals(callerPackage, context.getPackageName())
+                || TextUtils.equals(getSettingsIntelligencePkgName(), callerPackage);
+        final boolean isAllowlistedPackage = isSignatureWhitelisted(context, callerPackage);
+        if (isSettingsPackage || isAllowlistedPackage) {
             return;
         }
         throw new SecurityException("Search result intents must be called with from a "
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchResultTrampoline.java b/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchResultTrampoline.java
index 3bbe6bd58a7..70387b021d4 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchResultTrampoline.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchResultTrampoline.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class SearchResultTrampoline extends Activity {
         // First make sure caller has privilege to launch a search result page.
         FeatureFactory.getFactory(this)
                 .getSearchFeatureProvider()
-                .verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(this, getCallingActivity());
+                .verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(this, getCallingPackage());
         // Didn't crash, proceed and launch the result as a subsetting.
         final Intent intent = getIntent();
 
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProviderImplTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProviderImplTest.java
index eeebdee96e3..7945c05a293 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProviderImplTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/search/SearchFeatureProviderImplTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
-import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.widget.Toolbar;
 
@@ -70,21 +69,23 @@ public class SearchFeatureProviderImplTest {
 
     @Test(expected = SecurityException.class)
     public void verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller_badCaller_shouldCrash() {
-        final ComponentName cn = new ComponentName("pkg", "class");
-        mProvider.verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(mActivity, cn);
+        final String packageName = "pkg";
+
+        mProvider.verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(mActivity, packageName);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller_settingsCaller_shouldNotCrash() {
-        final ComponentName cn = new ComponentName(mActivity.getPackageName(), "class");
-        mProvider.verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(mActivity, cn);
+        final String packageName = mActivity.getPackageName();
+
+        mProvider.verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(mActivity, packageName);
     }
 
     @Test
     public void verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller_settingsIntelligenceCaller_shouldNotCrash() {
         final String packageName = mProvider.getSettingsIntelligencePkgName();
-        final ComponentName cn = new ComponentName(packageName, "class");
-        mProvider.verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(mActivity, cn);
+
+        mProvider.verifyLaunchSearchResultPageCaller(mActivity, packageName);
     }
 
     @Test